That’s how many times (as of Thursday) the sun has risen since the dark-hearted, green-skinned Grinch first skulked onto the stage at the Old Globe Theatre on Nov. 17, 1998.

Not that the Mean One’s days are numbered in the metaphorical sense. In fact, as he readies for a lucky 13th season of making Christmas miserable for the hapless Whos, the gift-hoarding scourge’s icy grip on the holidays seems as secure as ever.

This year, the Globe’s popular holiday franchise gets a new director in local pro James Vasquez, a longtime performer and dance captain in the show who officially takes over from Benjamin Endsley Klein.

Jeff Skowron returns in the musical’s title role, and the cast includes plenty of other “Grinch” veterans (and local favorites), including Randall Dodge, Courtney Corey, Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Phil Johnson and Kürt Norby.

In all, the show boasts 14 Equity actors, 20 child performers (divided into two alternating groups) and uncountable attempts to translate the phrase dah who doraze (from the Whos’ catchy tune "Welcome Christmas"). But still just one fake antler for the put-upon dog, Max.

Here’s a look at some other numbers behind the Globe staging of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

• Pounds of dry ice used during the show’s run: 5,150

• Number of lights in the show: 357 (plus two follow spots), with firepower equivalent to 3,421 60-watt light bulbs.

• Number of props: 250

• Weight of heaviest set piece (“The Cave,” made of polyurethane foam over a steel armature): 1,500 pounds

• Length of time it took to design and build the show’s neoprene Christmas trees, in months: Two

• Number of former Grinches now appearing in the Globe’s other holiday show, “Plaid Tidings”: Two (David Brannen and Leo Daignault).

• Number of former Grinches about to appear as a completely different green villain on Broadway: One (Patrick Page, the Globe associate artist who will star as the Green Goblin in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”).

• Size of the Globe’s “Grinch” orchestra: Nine members.

• Number of those musicians who play the pantooka (a fanciful instrument that Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel wrote into the original book): Zero.